Purple Heart recipient and current Liberty online student receives call to ministry during military service
After high school, at the age of 18, Jatorin Owens began a military career that spanned 16 years and included four overseas deployments in the U.S. Army, twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan, before medically retiring as a staff…
Liberty professors earn President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Liberty University has announced the 2020-21 winners of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, an annual recognition of teachers who have promoted significant student learning evidenced by creative and innovative approaches to teaching, the effective use of instructional technology, and…
Ministry leader and Liberty alumnus on mission for God across the globe, supporting persecuted Christians as they share the Gospel
As the president of Alpha Ministries, based in Lynchburg, Va., and a global speaker for Voice of the Martyrs, Brother Bennie (’11) has made it his life’s mission to empower persecuted Christians around the world and support the spread of…
Liberty names deans for Schools of Divinity, Music, and Aeronautics
Liberty University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Scott Hicks announced today that three interim deans have officially been named deans: Dr. Stephen Müller, School of Music; Dr. Troy Temple, John W. Rawlings School of Divinity; and Dr. Rick Roof, School…
Alumnus steps out of the frame as L.A. movie producer and filmmaker to return to Liberty and follow ministry calling
John Kearns (’02) has built a wide-ranging career in film and video production, including several titles that have made it to the silver screen and Netflix, but his new pursuit of a Master of Divinity through the John W. Rawlings…
Liberty professor Dr. David Wheeler discusses Christians ‘losing their faith’
Amidst recent controversy over “Christian celebrities” renouncing the faith, Liberty University Professor Dr. David Wheeler is calling out those one-time believers who have turned apostate and provoked others to do the same. Wheeler, who teaches in the Rawlings School of Divinity and also…